ActionAid throws weight behind Nasarawa Youth Development Commission Bill
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By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja
As youths are said to be national assets and leaders of tomorrow but are cramped with various challenges leading to various agitations including the recent EndSARS protest in order to have their place and space in national development and governance, ActionAid Nigeria, Friday, threw weight behind the Nasarawa State Youth Development Commission Bill sponsored by the Deputy Speaker of Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Nehemiah Dandaura.
Speaking at the ‘Advocacy Roundtable with Nasarawa State House of Assembly Members on the Nasarawa Youth Development Commission Bill’, in Abuja, the Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Ene Obi, represented by Director, Organizational Effectiveness, ActionAid Nigeria, Funmi Oyefusi, in an address said youths need a legal framework for proper engagement, empowerment, and development, more than ever.
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